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Science Teachers’ Perceptions in Teaching Science Using English
A Comparative Study Towards Science Teachers
Between two RSBI Schools in Salatiga and Semarang

Jaclyn A. Kaunang
English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga

Abstract
RSBI had became an education phenomenon with its on-going debate on its usefulness in
improving Indonesia’s teaching system. Some studies had shown that one of RSBI’s
deficiency lies in the teachers. It is believed that teachers are the key factor of whether or not
a teaching learning activity is successful. This study investigated the perceptions of science
teachers in two RSBI schools located in Semarang and Salatiga, and compared the difficulties
and strategies they applied. The purpose of this study was to find out whether there were any
difference or similarity in the perceptions, difficulties, and strategies which hopefully can
help improving the teaching learning activity in both schools. The participants of this study
were 6 science teachers, 3 from each school, who were all interviewed separatedly. The
participants were all Indonesians and had been teaching science for over 10 years. They were
all non native English speakers and had been teaching science using English for at least a
year or more. After the interview, the data collected were transcribed verbatim and analyzed
and they showed that there were no difference between the perception of science teachers in

those schools. This study also found out the difficulties the teachers’ faced and the strategies
they used to overcome them.

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